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systool(1)

NAME

   systool - view system device information by bus, class, and topology

SYNOPSIS

   systool [options [device]]

DESCRIPTION

   Calling  systool  without  parameters  will  present  all available bus
   types, device classes, and root devices.

   When device is supplied, the information reqested by options  is  shown
   only  for  the  specified  device,  otherwise  all  present devices are
   displayed.

   systool uses APIs provided by libsysfs to gather information.   systool
   runs only on Linux systems running kernels 2.5 or later, with the sysfs
   filesystem mounted.

OPTIONS

   -a     Show attributes of the requested resource

   -b bus Show information for a specific bus

   -c class
          Show information for a specific class

   -d     Show only devices

   -h     Show usage

   -m module_name
          Show information for a specific module

   -p     Show absolute sysfs path to the resource

   -v     Show all attributes with values

   -A attribute
          Show attribute value for the requested resource

   -D     Show only drivers

   -P     Show device's parent

AUTHOR

   systool was written by Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> and
   Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>.

   This man page was contributed by Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org> for the
   Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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